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Zynga game changers: new games, friend network, API — SAN FRANCISCO — As Facebook has been colonizing the planet, approaching a billion users for its social network, Zynga has been drafting in its wake. The social-gaming company, which launched July 1, 2007, with a poker game …

Kindle Fire 2 may hit as soon as July — Last year, Amazon launched the Kindle Fire in September. The next-generation Kindles are expected to launch a little earlier this year. — (Credit: CNET) — What's next for Kindle hardware? — Well, a credible source has told CNET that Amazon …

Apple Offers New Dedicated Podcast App for iOS — Earlier this month, it was rumored that Apple would be launching a standalone podcast app in iOS 6. Instead of waiting for the next version of iOS, Apple posted the Podcast app on the App Store today. [App Store]

Why RIM Won't Be Bought: There's Not Much There There — There's been rampant speculation that the rescue strategy for Research In Motion would be for someone to buy the company. There has been, at various times, idle speculation about a wide-range of intriguing but highly unlikely potential suitors.

Apple's iTunes Store arrives in a dozen new Asian countries — Apple's extending the presence of its iTunes Store to 12 new Asian countries including Hong Kong and Taiwan. — Follow @Josh — Apple's extended its iTunes Store to 12 new countries today as part of a push that takes it into more Asian territories.

Best Buy Founder Weighs Buyout — Best Buy Co. founder Richard Schulze is working with a Wall Street bank to explore taking the electronics retailer private, according to people familiar with his thinking. — Mr. Schulze, the company's largest shareholder with a slightly more than 20% stake …

Dropbox Bans BitTorrent Startup Boxopus Over Piracy Concerns — On Saturday we covered Boxopus, a new startup that allows people to download torrents directly to their dropbox folders. — The news was quickly picked up by many other technology sites and as a result the service's member count surged to more than 50,000.

For Samsung, Galaxy halo effect comes with supply crunch — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' struggle to keep pace with rampant demand for its new Galaxy S III smartphone may have cost the South Korean firm some 2 million units of sales in just a month. — For a company that has never stirred …

EXCLUSIVE: BBM for BlackBerry 10 First Look — Have you been wondering what BlackBerry Messenger on BlackBerry 10 could possibly look like? Now you get the very first glimpse ever! BBM in BlackBerry 10 will be taking full advantage of the OLED screen. How will it be doing that you ask?

Google heralds next Android with Jelly Bean sculpture — Google has put up a Jelly Bean sculpture to mark the next version of its Android operating system. — (Credit: Google) — Squashing any lingering doubts about the arrival of the next version of Android, Google has put up a Jelly Bean sculpture on its campus.

U.S. charges 24 people in massive hacking sting — (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested on four continents in a sting operation targeting online financial fraud involving stolen credit card and bank information.

Download YouTube for PS Vita Today — Hi everyone! Recently, we announced that YouTube would be coming to PS Vita. It's the latest application to be added to PS Vita's growing portfolio of applications and one that takes full advantage of PS Vita's high-definition and 3G capabilities.

Dell introduces new XPS 14 and XPS 15 laptops — Naturally, with the added processing power and the inclusion of a disc drive, the XPS 15 gains a little heft over the XPS 14, carrying a thickness of 0.91-inches and a starting weight at 5.79 pounds. It also shaves three hours off …

Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest Of The Three — While “Social-Mobile-Local” is certainly an overused buzz phrase, most of the attention has been placed on the “social” and “mobile” parts of the phrase. In social, the spectacular rise of Facebook and Twitter is clearly a disruptive and critical trend.